It Takes Two To Talk® – The Hanen Program®

Improve your child’s verbal communication skills

Communication is a very social process that starts from birth, and is learned through everyday interactions with parents and carers. For children with language delays additional support is often needed to help them reach their communication potential.

Research shows and experts agree that when parents are given the tools to become a primary provider of early communication intervention children achieve their goals faster and with long-lasting results.

It Takes Two To Talk® is a 12-week group program, delivered by a Hanen® certified speech pathologist, that teaches you step-by-step, how to become your child’s most important language teacher.

It Takes Two To Talk® – The Hanen Program® runs based on demand. Register you interest.
To talk to your local CPA team about the program.

For most children with language delay, seeing a speech pathologist once per week isn’t enough time to reach their communication potential.

It Takes Two To Talk® is an evidence-based program that shows you how to use everyday activities like meal and bath time to help your child develop language skills. Each strategy is easy to understand and to put into practice so you will be comfortable and confident using them at home.

Hanen® white paper, Parent-Implemented Early Language Intervention: What Really Works? is a free introduction to an increasingly in-demand way of working with children. With a detailed explanation of the importance of parent-implemented intervention, proven strategies to help parents bolster their child’s communication skills and a sample coaching framework professionals can use while working with parents.

Can both my partner and I attend the group and individual sessions?

It is actually preferable for both parents to attend, however we understand this is sometimes difficult for families to arrange.

What if I can only attend some of the sessions? Can my partner attend instead?

To get the most out of the program it is best that at least one parent attends all sessions. It is possible to miss 1 or 2 sessions if unavoidable but if you miss too many then you will be foregoing a large portion of content. The program intervention strategies are also delivered sequentially. In the case where you can’t make a session your partner can attend in your place, but we advise ‘tag-teaming’ between sessions is kept to a minimum for the program to be its most effective.

Does the speech pathologist do any direct work with my child?

Yes, absolutely. The speech pathologist has 1-to-1 appointments with your family at four stages throughout the program. Individual sessions are home visits with each of the families 1-to-1, to go through how you are progressing with applying the program principles in your daily routine.

What happens during the individual sessions?

Your speech pathologist will video interactions and play tasks between you and your child. These are then used for you and your speech pathologist to continue learning. This is an extremely powerful tool as many parents will remark that they didn’t realise what they were or weren’t doing.

Are the group sessions individualised according to my child’s needs and behaviours?

The group sessions are focused on explaining and training parents on the principles and strategies in the program. However, there is time allocated throughout each group session for parents to plan and brainstorm how the strategies can be applied to their child and receive support from the speech pathologist to get them on the right track.

Secure your place on the program starting Friday 27 September – Friday 6 December 2019, 10.00am-12.30pm, at CPA Kingswood